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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Orientalism Now, Part IV: The Latest Phase.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote Le Regne Animal?
(a) Simon Ockley.
(b) Barthelemy d'Herbelot.
(c) Georges Cuvier.
(d) Anquetil-Duperron.

2. Who coined the phrase "les bourgeois conquerants"?
(a) Charles Moraze.
(b) Edward William Lane.
(c) Charles Wilkins.
(d) Henry Thomas Colebrooke.

3. Who is the author of L'Ame Romantique et le Reve?
(a) Albert Beguin.
(b) Claude Levi-Strauss.
(c) Anquetil-Duperron.
(d) Raymond Schwab.

4. When did the Second Boer War begin?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1895.

5. When was the Societe Asiatique founded?
(a) 1829.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1822.
(d) 1804.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the British and Foreign Bible Society founded?

2. What term from the book means relating to the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope?

3. Who wrote The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?

4. When was Silvestre de Sacy born?

5. Who translated the Koran into English in 1734?

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